ATG Repository Guide

Content Attributes and Properties

A content item descriptor must define a content-property property and optionally can define a lastModified or length property. The content-property attribute specifies the name of an item descriptor property that is used to store or reference the content data itself. The content property is usually a java.io.File, String or a byte[] data type.

These properties can be implemented as user-defined properties so they can be computed at run time. This approach enables them to be taken from the file system, not stored in the database. For example: